Metallic fabric for fences and other structures.



M; LAGHMAN. METALLIC FABRIC FOR FENCES AND OTHER STRUCTURES.APPLIGATIONTILBD NOVA, 1910.

1,051,126, Patented Jan. 21,1913.

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I 33FREE.l-Lit 'li FABRIC F63. FENCES AND OTHER STRUCTURES.

4 A .il t c hifiti suitable :ior fences, grills, partitions, grating,concrete reinforcements and a variety of other purposes.

Cue oi the objects of the invention is to produce a metallic fabric ofintersecting members and to secure them together by means which willeffectively prevent Water or moisture getting at the places ofintersection, and thus preventing rust at said other object to provide ametallic 3 clip which may be compressed under can great pressure aroundthe said inemoers at assembled before of intersection and savaged intointerstices and corners formed by the nt-ersection or the members toform a rigiti structure With the elements pressed into substantiallyhomogeneous mass at the place intersection, without weakening any of theelements.

Ai'iotheriobject is to produce a fabric of maximum strength While being:comparatively light and which economically produced.

@ther objects will appear from the here; inofter description.

The invention will he understood from the description taken inconnection Withthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 the pieces ring the fabric being shown on a smaller scale thanin the other figures. View of the intersecting members and, fastoningclip of the finished fabric. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 ofFig. F t isa view similar to 2 with the iii-stoning clip provided with tins. Fig. 5is a section on lineo' of Fi e 4. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of oneform' of the locking clip. Fi 7 a perspective View showing theintersecting members andthe clip illustrated in. Fig. 6, they are swagedtogether to form the finished fabric. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of aslightly modified form of clip. TfQiQFEEJfi'SiLlVQ view showingSpecification of Letters latent.

may be rapidly and is a section ofthe fabric made according to myinvention, the parts torm- Fig. '2 is a Patented Jamar, rots.

Application filed'ttovember t, 1910. Serial No. 59 0,6 74.

.intersecting members and the clip illustrated in Fig; 8, assembled,before being. singed together.

The same reference character indicates the same part in the severalviews of the so drawing.

The cross members consist of thewires A. and H which are here shown ofditi'erent although they inay be of the same size.

l'i'hiie they are shown as circular in crossmay be of other suitableshape well as size. Preferably, each of these wires are crimped to form'oiisets a and 2), respectively, at the nlace of intersection, al-.

section, i'zh' though in some constructions only one of '70 the Wiresmay be offset, and in other constructions both Wires may be withoutoffsets. These oii'set-s may be placed in both Wires, A and B, beforethey are asseinbleiil, as

shown by Fig. 6, or the effects may be placed in only one Wire, it, asshown by Fig. 5), and the ofl'sets in the Wile B, may be formed when theclip s'wagecl around the two wires att-he'place of intersection to lockthe parts together.

The lockihg clip C is made of hard, ductile metal preferably sheetsteel, capable of being bent in the form' desired, as here shownU-shaped, and adapted to be molded or swaged under great pressure. C ofthe clip are provided with the holes or openings 0, here shown ascircular, but may be of any shape suitable to receive the member B. Aslot may extend from each of saidopenings 0, to the "free end of eachfor example, is placed between the sides (1 of the clip and at thebottom thereof With the offset a under the holes; 0. The other Wire B isinserted through the slots c be tween the fingers c and into the'openingc,

with its offset 7) interlocking with the offset a, in the Wire A. Theparts, are shown in Fig; 7. As thus assembled, the parts are placed.between dies or swaging blocks having suitable forms therein, which areforced together, and great pressure is applied to compress together thewires at the point of intersection, to force the metal of the clipinto-angles or spaces 20 formed by the Wires A. and B, and tightlyaround the wires at 2 1, and into the interstices formed by theintersection of the WlIES.

The sides 85 thus assembled,

This substantially joins the clip together as though it were an integralpiece and also joins it to the intersecting wires and the Wirestlleinselrcs into a compact, rigid, sub-- S(-'....1S or openings throughwhich water or moisture can reach the wires where they in tel-sect tocause rust. The dies may be and are preferably formed so that thefinished joint will be synnnetricul on each side. They vided with anoffset 1), as shown in Fig. 7,

is then inserted a suitable distance through the openings 0 in saidclip. When the parts are thus assembled, and as shown by Fig. 9, thedies are forced together and the parts compressed and swagecl ashereinbcfore clescribed. During the operation of swaging, the wire B maybe and preferably is pressed against the wire A with such force that onxLiolly integral body, leaving no joint-s,

offset is formed in the Wire B, which interlooks with. the offset a. a

Having now described any invention,

what I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters latent is:

1. A metallic fabric for fences and other structures, consisting ofintersecting members, and :1 clip surrounding the members at each. placeof intersection, said clip and members at the place of intersectionbeing compressed to form substantially a homogeneous joint. l

2. A metallic fabric consisting of intersecting members, and a clipsurrounding the members at each place of intersection, said clip andmembers at the place of intersecr tion being compressed to formsubstantially a homogeneous joint, said joint provided with finsprojecting therefrom between and in the plane of the members.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Long Island City,county of Queens and State of New York, this 26th day of October, 1910.

MAURICE LAGHMAN.

In presence of RneINALn HAWLEY, MARGARET KELLEY.

